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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else is done to this location?
(a) It is smoothed.
(b) It is destroyed.
(c) It is decorated.
(d) It is marked with stakes.

2. By this time some work continues inside ___________.
(a) The various workshops.
(b) The nearby houses.
(c) The Bishop's palace.
(d) The cathedral.

3. As always, what interrupts most of the work for about five months?
(a) Winter.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) Disease.
(d) Volcanic eruptions.

4. As the walls grow higher the workmen build what?
(a) Wooden stilts.
(b) Wooden scaffolding.
(c) Wooden stairs.
(d) Wooden ladders.

5. What happens to a portion of the Bishop's palace?
(a) It is remodeled.
(b) It is altered.
(c) It is attached to the new cathedral.
(d) It is demolished.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the walls filled with this?

2. As the various workshops begin production, what do they require?

3. What is done with the Romanesque crypt?

4. Many simple laborers perform heavy manual labor. Where are these individuals from?

5. How many masters does William hire?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much more work is done until the roof is begun?

2. What is done first to the site to prepare it for the building of the new cathedral?

3. How do the workmen reach the scaffolding?

4. How many men have been employed in this project so far? How long has this project been in process?

5. Describe the building of the scaffolding.

6. Who makes the tools?

7. What is the master quarryman doing at the same time?

8. What is the job of each master craftsman?

9. Describe the three phases of the construction of the walls of the choir.

10. Describe the excavation of the foundation.

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